How to Set Your Default Browser and Mail Apps on iPhone and iPad

 If you are using an iOS device, be it iPhone or iPhone running on iPadOS 14 or iPhone 14 versions, you can easily change your default apps. However, Apple provides several tools and interesting features in its iOS devices. When it comes to setting up the default app to perform some specific tasks, you have to go through necessary workarounds in the form of instructions.  You have to ensure that you are using iOS 14 or iPadOS 14 before going through the necessary procedures.

Here is how to set up your default browser or the mail app right on your iPhone device:

Changing the Default App on iOS Device

Follow these instructions to change the default mail app on the iPhone and iPad:

• First of all, hit the Settings icon to launch the respective app on your device.
• Then, select the third-party app that you like as the default one.
• Choose the option “Default Mail App.”
• Now, select the app from the prompting list.

Changing Default Browsing App on iPhone and iPad

Pursue these easy to use steps to change your default browser on your iOS device:

• At the start, hit the Settings icon to launch the app.
• Once the app is successfully launched on your device, you have to select a particular third-party app that you wish to nominate as the default one.
• Then, tap the menu “Default Browser App.”
• Select the app from the available listing.

Setting up Default Browser in iOS 14

Here are the instructions to follow for setting up a default web-browser in iPhone OS 14:

• Get started by updating your web browser from the App Store.
• Then, launch the main iPhone Settings page on your device’s screen.
• Now, you have to scroll the page and input the browser’s name into the search panel you want as default.
• Then, press the Enter key to proceed.
• A list of apps will appear, and you have to hit the best resulting option.
• Now, you need to tap the Allow Access button for your default browsing app.
• Hit the option “Default Browser App” if asked to do so.
• Now, a list will open, and you need to choose the browser that you wish to set the same as the default one.
• Once you have read and followed all the steps properly, then from now all the web pages will launch in the web-browsing app that you have set as the default app. In case you desire to switch your browsers once again, then reach the Safari section in your main Settings app, where you will find several options, and you can easily set any of them as your default one.

Setting up Default Email Client in iOS 14

The complete procedure of setting up the default email client is the same as setting up the default web browser. In case you don’t have the latest edition of Apple’s OS, then you need to install the recent update of iOS 14.

Here is how to set up the default Email client for your iOS 14 running device:

• At the start, update your desired mail app directly from the App Store.
• Then, launch the Settings app and then scroll down the page to the Mail app.
• Hit the app’s entry from the available listing.
• Search for the default Mail app entry and hit on it.
• Press on the app you wish to use for your email links.

To change or set up your default mailing or browsing app right on your iOS 14 or iPadOS 14 devices, follow the above mentioned steps carefully.

James Walker is a self-professed security expert; he has been making the people aware of the security threats. His passion is to write about Cyber security, cryptography, malware, social engineering, internet and new media. He writes for Norton security products at norton.com/setup.

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